U.S. News & World Report has released their survey of the best diets of 2013. A panel of experts who are specialists in fields such as nutrition, diabetes, heart health, human behavior and weight loss were asked to rate 32 of the most popular diets of 2013.

The panel evaluated the diet on the basis of safety, nutrition, short and long term weight loss, and ease.

Would you like to know the winners?

First Place: DASHThe DASH diet was developed by the US government to fight high blood pressure. To find out more about DASH, you may read the brochure from the US government here.

Second Place: TLCThe TLC diet, or Therapeutic Lifestyle changes, was created by the National Institutes for Health to improve cholesterol levels. For more information, go here.

32. The Paleo DietThe Paleo Diet cuts out all breads and dairy and focuses on lean meats and vegetables. This diet rated low in every category. The experts found it to be nutritionally unsafe, not beneficial to heart health or diabetes and not easy to follow.

31. The Dukan DietThe Dukan Diet is a high protein, all-you-can-eat diet, but U.S. News’ experts labeled it as “too restrictive, with lots of rules, and there’s no evidence it works.”

30. The Raw Food DietThe Raw Food Diet claims that food loses many important enzymes and nutrients when it is cooked or processed. It is based mainly on uncooked plant based foods. While experts found that this diet was helpful in losing weight, it was declared to be extremely difficult to follow and not completely safe or nutritional.

U.S. News & World Report also established several categories. The winners were: